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By Laura Kuang @laurakuang The Child Development Center at Las Positas College, funded by the California Department of Education (CDE), Early Education and Support Division (EESD), is now offering a new state half-day preschool program for children who are from income-eligible families. Las Positas College…

By Christopher Hartwell Good news has come to Las Positas College students: free bus rides and discounted ACE train tickets are now available to all LPC students. The new program, the Las Positas Easy Pass, gives all LPC students free rides on…

By Glenn Wohltmann @GLENNERGY Eric Pineda was elected president of the Associated Students of Las Positas College in voting that wrapped up late last month. Pineda ran on a platform that included making campus life simpler for students. In other results, Angela-Gussi Toledo was elected…

It’s not too late to vote for student leaders for the upcoming term. The election opened last weekend and will run through midnight Saturday. Voting is online only. Student who want to vote need to log on to Class Web and click…

By Glenn Wohltmann @GLENNERGY1 One in five women in the U.S. will be sexually assaulted at some time in her life, and one man in 71 will be sexually assaulted, according to statistics from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. April is National Sexual Assault…

By Glenn Wohltmann @GLENNTROPY1 A bond measure with nearly a billion dollars of improvements for Las Positas and its sister college, Chabot, will go to the voters in June. The measure would get rid of the modular and portable buildings currently on campus. It would…

By Glenn Wohltmann @GLENNERGY1 Las Positas College will retain its accreditation for the next 18 months, but college President Barry Russell is confident deficiencies will be resolved long before then. The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges – the team that decides whether the…

By Morgan Brizee @morgan_brizee The Engineering Technology Pathways program, once targeting vets, is now open to everyone. Veterans going to LPC have an opportunity to do an internship at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It started two years ago and has helped many veterans have…

By C.J. Peterson @cjpeterson51 Anyone who has ever purchased an Apple product has agreed to a series of “Terms and Conditions” when they activate their device(s). Tap “agree” and let the texting, Snap-chatting and Candy Crush begin. But the problem here is that most…

In his final State of the Union address, President Obama once again called for free community college for all those who want to attend, but California is already making college a reality for many. California has supported the “I Can Afford College” financial…